GIAC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 724 648 830
Rank change year-on-year -76 +182 -189
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 55 69 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.12% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.33% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 38 33 35
10th Percentile £43,875 £39,294 £45,400
25th Percentile £46,906 £42,019 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -3.45% -7.20%
75th Percentile £60,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £60,738 £90,300 £81,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.59% -14.71% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GIAC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,500 21,081 24,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.95% 37.88% 32.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,311 7,937 10,633
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.96% +0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +42 19 £50,000 -30.56% 4
South East -24 19 £58,750 +2.17% 4
North West +3 13 £50,000 -30.56% 4
South West -31 9 £52,500 +5.00% 1
West Midlands -13 6 £58,000 +28.89% 2
Midlands -35 6 £58,000 +0.87% 2
North East - 6 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +16 1 - -
Wales +13 1 - -
GIAC
UK

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 9 (16.36%) Azure
2 6 (10.91%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (32.73%) Firewall
2 9 (16.36%) Network Security
3 7 (12.73%) TCP/IP
4 6 (10.91%) Internet
4 6 (10.91%) LAN
4 6 (10.91%) WAN
5 5 (9.09%) HTTP
5 5 (9.09%) SMTP
6 4 (7.27%) SSL
7 1 (1.82%) DNS
General
1 11 (20.00%) Finance
2 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.55%) Telecoms
4 7 (12.73%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.45%) Retail
5 3 (5.45%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Electronics
6 2 (3.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.82%) Games
7 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Analyst
1 21 (38.18%) Senior
2 14 (25.45%) Security Manager
3 12 (21.82%) Security Analyst
4 9 (16.36%) Security Assurance Manager
5 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 8 (14.55%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Lead
8 2 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Security Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) SIEM Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Telecoms Manager
9 1 (1.82%) Consultant
9 1 (1.82%) Operations Manager
9 1 (1.82%) Security Consultant
9 1 (1.82%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 26 (47.27%) Cyberattack
2 21 (38.18%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (14.55%) Security Posture
3 8 (14.55%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (10.91%) IoT
4 6 (10.91%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.45%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.82%) PKI
7 1 (1.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.55%) Windows
1 8 (14.55%) Windows Server
2 6 (10.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (58.18%) Incident Response
3 26 (47.27%) Purple Team
4 25 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
5 24 (43.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 24 (43.64%) Threat Intelligence
6 20 (36.36%) Security Operations
7 19 (34.55%) Risk Management
8 18 (32.73%) Threat Modelling
9 17 (30.91%) Analytics
10 16 (29.09%) Security Management
11 15 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
12 14 (25.45%) Red Team
13 13 (23.64%) Computer Science
13 13 (23.64%) Information Security
13 13 (23.64%) SIEM
14 10 (18.18%) Data Protection
15 9 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (16.36%) DevSecOps
15 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Python
2 6 (10.91%) Bash
2 6 (10.91%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.82%) C++
3 1 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) CISSP
2 17 (30.91%) CREST Certified
3 14 (25.45%) Degree
4 12 (21.82%) CISA
4 12 (21.82%) CISM
5 11 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (20.00%) SANS
6 10 (18.18%) CEH
7 8 (14.55%) GPEN
8 6 (10.91%) CISMP
8 6 (10.91%) CRISC
9 4 (7.27%) GSEC
10 2 (3.64%) CASP
10 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.64%) GCFE
10 2 (3.64%) GCIA
10 2 (3.64%) GCIH
10 2 (3.64%) GISP
10 2 (3.64%) OSCP
10 2 (3.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) GDPR
2 10 (18.18%) GRC
2 10 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (14.55%) NIST
4 7 (12.73%) NIST 800
5 4 (7.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (5.45%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (3.64%) NCSC
8 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (10.91%) Nessus
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.82%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Qualys
3 3 (5.45%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.64%) Splunk
5 1 (1.82%) Thales